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[PaulW]

Scary stuff!!

Module 1 for the 20th May, Module 2 for 4th of June...

Had my first DAS lesson today, 3 more on a big bike and I'm good to go so my instructor says  

[tunnie]

your having lessons? i thought you could only do them as a course  :-/

[PaulW]

No, DAS just means doing the whole bike test on the bigger bike after suitable tuition, I only need 3 lessons, so they are marking it as a 4 lesson course, and tallying today as a 500 day even though I was on a 125 so they could see how I was.

[Radiomarko]

Gawd! When I was a lad you could jump on a 250 (iirc) with an L plate. Then some geezer watched you ride down the high street and gave you a pass slip. No helmets either, living on the edge eh?

To illustrate how "homely" it was, I lost my examiner on the high street ride as I went left left instead of right right...   rode back to the centre to find him just going in, 'struth he said, never lost one before, did you kill anyone? On my negative reply he issued the pass slip.  

Good luck!

[Elite Pete]

Gawd! When I was a lad you could jump on a 250 (iirc) with an L plate. Then some geezer watched you ride down the high street and gave you a pass slip. No helmets either, living on the edge eh?

To illustrate how "homely" it was, I lost my examiner on the high street ride as I went left left instead of right right...   rode back to the centre to find him just going in, 'struth he said, never lost one before, did you kill anyone? On my negative reply he issued the pass slip.  

Good luck!

Same here, I took my test as soon as they anounced there was going to be a two parter

[Andy B]

..... I lost my examiner on the high street ride as I went left left instead of right right...   ......

       

[Turk]

Gawd! When I was a lad you could jump on a 250 (iirc) with an L plate. Then some geezer watched you ride down the high street and gave you a pass slip. No helmets either, living on the edge eh?

To illustrate how "homely" it was, I lost my examiner on the high street ride as I went left left instead of right right...   rode back to the centre to find him just going in, 'struth he said, never lost one before, did you kill anyone? On my negative reply he issued the pass slip.  

Good luck!

Same here, I took my test as soon as they anounced there was going to be a two parter

Passed mine a month before the two part test came in.

[p j morgan]

i passed my bike test in 1968 .i did wear an helmet. he said i want you to ride around the block one way then round again the opposite way .he said i will jump out in front of you for a emergency stop .i went round the corner and he was standing there and he just put his hand up that was it .i was on a lambretta li 150 with mirrors and spotlights all over the front .i past ! them was the days

[Andy B]

i passed my bike test in 1968 .i did wear an helmet. he said i want you to ride around the block one way then round again the opposite way .he said i will jump out in front of you for a emergency stop .i went round the corner and he was standing there and he just put his hand up that was it .i was on a lambretta li 150 with mirrors and spotlights all over the front .i past ! them was the days

There's a black & white 1967 SX150 for sale on my way to work!

[miggy]

Gawd! When I was a lad you could jump on a 250 (iirc) with an L plate. Then some geezer watched you ride down the high street and gave you a pass slip. No helmets either, living on the edge eh?

To illustrate how "homely" it was, I lost my examiner on the high street ride as I went left left instead of right right...   rode back to the centre to find him just going in, 'struth he said, never lost one before, did you kill anyone? On my negative reply he issued the pass slip.  

Good luck!

Yep, mine was a yammie RD250, yellow with coffin shape tank, then went onto a kwackie tripple then onto a Suzuki GS750.

 

[Andy B]

.... then went onto a kwackie tripple

1st 250 I ever rode

then onto a Suzuki GS750.

 

Years since I saw one ..... at 'Rivvi Barn' I think.  

[p j morgan]

i bet their asking a couple of grand for that one andy .what would it be an e reg .i would love to buy a lambretta sx 200 but the wife will not let me she says i am to old and i would probaly fall off it anyway.spoilsport! there are still a few old mods knocking about i even seen one lambo with all the gear on ie mirrors spotlights he must have bee about sixty five !

[Andy B]

i bet their asking a couple of grand for that one andy .what would it be an e reg .i would love to buy a lambretta sx 200 but the wife will not let me she says i am to old and i would probaly fall off it anyway.spoilsport! there are still a few old mods knocking about i even seen one lambo with all the gear on ie mirrors spotlights he must have bee about sixty five !

I can send you the details, it's balck & white!   but I didn't actually note the reg though  :-?
I took a couple of photo's of it as a lad at work is into Lambrettas and rides to work on one that's about as old as him (40 ).  

[mc9]

We drove to North Leicester Motorcyles in the family car. I'd already decided to buy it, simply because 15 years earlier, I had owned one just like it. We parked the bike in the pub car park opposite. I had bought it earlier, parked it, and we then went to spend the day at a National Trust property. And then back to the bike shop, now closed. A 200kg 750cc twin. I was scared, I wobbled, there was no choice. I followed the car down the motorway, too scared to ride properly, and blinded by the disntegrating lining of the old helmet that had been unused for many years. Born again after 15 years, this wasn't a glorious rebirth.

Five years later, I still own that old Laverda 750. And some new riding gear. I've ridden a few modern bikes by now. They're brilliant - fast, efficient, easy to ride. But curiously bland, compared to my rough old Laverda. One day I'll buy a Tuono.....

Modern bikers are fortunate. You never had to experience the rough old things we had to. And the motorcycles are better too. On the other hand, I didn't need to endure proper training. I survived anyway, by luck and for long enough to learn defensive skills. Or I just got old and sensible.

Enjoy your training. It has a purpose - to keep you out of trouble. Don't be in a hurry - live to ride, ride to live.

Old bikers never die, but everyone wishes they would.

mc9

[miggy]

I used to own a Benelli for a short period, traded it in for a boniville 750